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Might be very stupid so sorry in advance. But NASA says that Perseverance did about 7 months to travel to Mars and travelled about 480 million kilometres. But they say it travelled at a speed of about 39600 Km/h. And unless I made a dumb mistake that doesn't add up. Am I missing something?

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Might be very stupid so sorry in advance. But NASA says that Perseverance did about 7 months to travel to Mars and travelled about 480 million kilometres. But they say it travelled at a speed of about 39600 Km/h. And unless I made a dumb mistake that doesn't add up. Am I missing something?	8033